CREEPING SIAMESE: A Dashiell Hammett Detective
by Hammett, Dashiell/Queen, Ellery (Collected and Edited, with Introduction)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Jonathan Press, Inc. (1950) 127+1 pp. Original red, pictorial wraps, moderately soiled w/ wear to edges. Edges of leaves age toned.. Soft Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 419
- Title
- CREEPING SIAMESE: A Dashiell Hammett Detective
- Author
- Hammett, Dashiell/Queen, Ellery (Collected and Edited, with Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Jonathan Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- LITERATURE MYSTERY FICTION GENERAL SHORT STORIES DASHIELL HAMMETT DETECTIVE STORY LITERARY WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Mystery;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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